(Figs 31, 80)
Host-plants. Crataegus spp. in the Crimea; in other regions also Amelanchier spp., Cotoneaster spp., Sorbus spp.
Type of distribution (chorological group). West-Palaearctic; the species is widespread in Europe, also known from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan (Kopet Dag).
Material examined. CRIMEA: 6 ♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 30.vi– 22.vii. 1987, leg. R. Puplesis; 6 ♂, the same locality, at light, 28–29.vi. 1988, leg. R. Puplesis; 1 ♂, the same locality, at light, 29.vi. 1987, leg. Yu. Budashkin, genitalia slide no. AG 111 ♂; 1 ♂, the same locality, at light, 24.vi. 1988, leg. Yu. Budashkin, genitalia slide no. AG 112 ♂; 2 ♂, the same locality, mining larvae on Crataegus sp., fieldwork cards No 4967, No 4968, leg. A. Remeikis & J. R. Stonis; 18 ♂, the same locality, at light, 23.vii– 31.viii. 2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 1 ♂, the same locality, mining larva on Crataegus sp., fieldwork card no. 5057, 21 – 22.vii. 2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė, genitalia slide no. AN 481 ♂.
Remarks. The species is common in the Crimea: widespread and very abundant.